Ge Fei's latest prose collection and the most classic literary criticism collection

Author: Ge Fei

Publishing House: Yilin Publishing House

Release time: 2014-01-01

Category: Comments

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The face of Borges is Gefei's latest collection of essays and comments. Ge Fei is a writer who is famous for his beautiful writing style, but also a rigorous and wise scholar and a friendly and humorous teacher. Multiple identities are fully displayed in this series. His travels and memoirs are light and interesting. Reading notes and cultural short comments often hit the nail on the head; On the other hand, literary criticism is beautiful, lasting and insightful, and it is a rare classic with both academic articles and essays. For a reader who loves him and wants to know more about him, the first half of this book is a window. For a wider range of literature lovers, the second half of this book is equivalent to a wonderful open literature course, which should not be missed.

Cao Cao shou Cang

Chen Danqing's first collection of essays in five years.

Author: Chen Danqing

Press: Guangxi Normal University Press

Release time: 2014-01-01

Category: literature

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This book is a collection of essays written by Chen Danqing in recent years. According to the theme, it is divided into four parts: art, image, society and wooden heart. Although the theme and content of each article are different, it is not difficult to see the author's unique knowledge and style. The whole book is informative and thought-provoking, which continues the high level of his old works. In addition to the essays, Chen Danqing's three essays commemorating Mu Xin are specially included. The Wake and Farewell recorded every moment before and after Mu Xin's death, which was more sad, moving and warm than the previous essays.

The combination of two forbidden cities

Japanese journalists explore the rise and fall of the Forbidden City on both sides of the strait for a hundred years

Author: [Japan] Nojima Gang

Translator: Zhang Huijun

Publishing House: Shanghai Translation Publishing House

Release time: 2014-01-01

Category: culture

Reason for listing:

Britain has the British Museum in London, the United States has the Metropolitan Museum in new york, France has the Louvre in Paris and Japan has the National Museum in Tokyo, but in this world, there are two Palace Museum. The "Two Forbidden Cities" are the products of the modern history of East Asia. The charm of the Forbidden City comes from several miraculous historical turning points. The Forbidden City on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is not only a rare and magnificent treasure house, but also shows the deep structure of political power and culture. What is the historical complex of the existence of the "two Forbidden Cities" connected in series? How many politicians' historical thinking are hidden? Nojima Gang, a senior reporter of Asahi Shimbun and an expert in Chinese circles, has traveled all over the world for personal interviews for five years, sorting out the century-long disputes between the two Forbidden City from a unique political and diplomatic perspective.

1966

During the Cultural Revolution, the hearts of urban and rural people in the north were warm and cold.

Author: Wang Xiaoni

Publishing House: Oriental Publishing House

Release time: 2014-01-01

Category: literature

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The story happened in 1966. Ordinary people in the daily market, in that special year, are ignorant and restless day after day. Wang Xiaoni used her calm words and subtle ways to restore the warmth and coldness of different people in northern urban and rural areas that year. Touched the impact of unexpected events on ordinary people, and the story is simple but contains far-reaching emotions. Their stories are by no means special, but ordinary and universal. These ordinary people, who are engaged in all kinds of careers and burdened with all kinds of history, involuntarily changed their lives at a certain critical point in this year when everyone is in danger-this change is not a vigorous choice of life and death, but the ups and downs of the gray area, and the colorful background of human nature is thus revealed.

How to use guns and roses

Understand how to have a healthy sex life with a scientific eye.

Author: shell net

Publishing House: Science and Technology Literature Publishing House

Release time: 2014-01-01

Classification: popular science

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About your eyes, about his mind, about the vague paragraphs in the physical health class, about the top priority that men and women in the world have been obsessed with since ancient times. This book is a selection of articles from the temperament station of National Science Network. From ambiguity to orgasm, from hymen to prostate, from confidante to incest, Guo Ke's temperament takes you through science. Whether it's your steel gun or my rose, you can know yourself and each other from here, making you love health, safety and delicious food.

The Age of Lies: Saramago's Prose

Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Saramago gave the world the last critical voice.

Author: José Saramago

Translator: Liao Yanbo

Publishing House: CITIC Publishing House

Release time: 2014-01-01

Category: politics

Reason for listing:

How can a writer remain silent when the world needs critical voices? The Age of Lies: Essays of Saramago is a collection of essays by José Saramago, a Nobel Prize in Literature winner, from 65438 to 0998, which records the author's life for a whole year. As an atheist and a native of party member, Saramago, with his fierce revolutionary soul, put forward keen observation, three-dimensional thinking and sharp and uncompromising criticism on social, political, economic and cultural issues. These ideas have turned into colorful details in his works, which are regarded as peaks on the side of the mountain. At the same time, they prove to readers the author's insight and understanding of our times, put forward profound philosophical reflection to the world, and also show the universal value that he believes that human life is the most basic and should be adhered to.

Kyoto fleeting time

A closer look at the aesthetic consciousness and historical scenery of Kyoto and Japan

Author: [Japan] Nara Benchenye

Translator: Chen Yan

Publishing House: Peking University Publishing House

Release date: 20 14-02-0 1

Category: culture

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Kyoto fleeting time-Japan's sense of beauty and historical scenery is one of Nara's important works on Japanese culture. Kyoto is the old capital of Japan, a symbol of Japanese culture and a prosperous place. Starting from Japanese traditional culture, this book introduces the architectural features, cultural spirit and historical changes of Kyoto and its surrounding areas in detail in four chapters: Qing, Bamboo, Bai and Xuan. The author is full of interest from one hospital, one garden, one water, one tree and one person, from architecture to culture, from culture to spirit, and the academic theme of "What is Japan" is clearly presented here.

Misunderstood History of Taiwan Province Province

Uncover the hidden fog and restore the real Taiwan Province Province in modern times.

Author: Luo Fenmei

Publishing House: CITIC Publishing House

Release date: 20 14-03- 15

Classification: History of Ming and Qing Dynasties

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Taiwan has a special geographical position, experienced the era of great navigation, developed international trade, and was ruled by the Netherlands and Spain in the17th century. After the demise of Zheng Ming, it was incorporated into the territory of the Qing Dynasty, with frequent regime changes and diversified cultural development. The misunderstood history of Taiwan Province Province takes the historical theme as the vertical axis and nearly 400 years as the horizontal axis to construct the true face of Taiwan Province Province in a three-dimensional way; With vivid story narration and wonderful pictures, it completely presents the truth of Taiwan Province Province in the past 300 years. You think: "Tangshan crosses Taiwan Province Province" is a sad choice. The fact is: Han people think that Taiwan Province Province has unlimited opportunities and has crossed the ocean. You think: Zheng Chenggong defeated the Dutch with powerful force. The fact is that Dutch trade has been paralyzed by the economic blockade.

Jerusalem

The spiritual growth history of Xu's landmark works after 70 years.

Author: Xu

Press: Beijing October Literature and Art Publishing House

Release date: 20 14-03-0 1

Category: literature

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When they were teenagers, Chu Pingyang and his friends heard an illiterate old lady chanting over and over again outside a ramshackle inclined church by the canal. At the beginning of Pingyang, he always thought that the Chinese pronunciation of this word was beautiful and mysterious enough for him to forget for many years. It was not until the eve of his Ph.D. graduation that, under the questioning of a Jewish professor from Israel, he discovered that his yearning for Jerusalem was not only the temptation of Chinese pronunciation, but also the knot of repentance and atonement hidden in his heart for many years. ...

floating windows

Liu's first realistic novel in 20 years.

Author: Liu

Publishing House: Lijiang Publishing House

Release date: 20 14-06-0 1

Category: literature

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This is the latest realistic novel by the famous writer Liu in recent 20 years. Nearly 30 characters, including Xue Quji, are described in the book, which shows the living dilemma, human dignity and mottled world scenery of people from all walks of life. The book is permeated with humanitarianism, intellectuals' self-examination consciousness and people's living conditions in the custom world. These literary features have almost completed a new integration in this novel, and the art is more relaxed. The novel is as important as his early masterpiece Bell and Drum Tower and another masterpiece, The Wind in the Ear, in inquiring about the fate of urban life and interrogating human nature, and adds more contemporary elements. The foundation of leisure warmth and boredom of civilians and intellectuals is still there, but "Floating Window" makes these characters bid farewell to the traditional hutong quadrangles. They are busy in streets, buildings and clubs, caring about their survival and investigating their beliefs in seemingly more advanced but embarrassing scenes.

Flowers on the broken arm

Fantasy alchemy of life and law

Author: Obi Sachs

Translator: Chen Yuqi/Chen Ligong

Press: Guangxi Normal University Press

Release date: 20 14-8

Classification: law

Reason for listing: South Africa's constitution can be said to be the most advanced constitution in the world. As a judge of the Constitutional Court, Sachs, with his special personal experience and profound and warm interpretation of the Constitution, analyzes all kinds of cross-racial and cross-border judicial disputes to ensure that everyone, regardless of good or evil, can enjoy the basic rights guaranteed by the new Constitution and gain real freedom. His insistence on "human dignity" can be seen everywhere in the book. He looked forward to racial reconciliation, fought for the rights of vulnerable groups, integrated legal argumentation with humanistic care, and firmly believed in the concept of "people should be treated as people". For almost every case involving the constitutional level, he has given arguments that are more in line with the constitutional value, and every sentence of his is a reflection record of his constitutional interpretation work. More importantly, these opinions are not limited by the form and logical reasoning prescribed by law, but highlight his strong humanistic color.

Hiroshima

On the ruins shrouded by mushroom clouds, there are still traumatic memories of all mankind.

Author: John Hersey

Translator: Dong Youxue

Press: Guangxi Normal University Press

Release date: 20 14-08

Classification: society

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15 at 8 o'clock on August 6, a mysterious "new bomb" exploded over Hiroshima. More than 300,000 ordinary citizens know nothing about this. With a silent flash, their lives were completely changed.

The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki successively, which directly contributed to the end of World War II and made the world see the demonic harm of atomic bombs. Pulitzer Prize winner John Hersey was invited to investigate the atomic bombing in Hiroshima. With clear, calm and restrained words, he recorded the ordinary experiences of six ordinary people and their 40-year life trajectory, reflecting the traumatic memory of the "bombed" generation.

Laosheng

Record the century-old history of China in the way of China.

Author: Jia Pingwa

Publishing House: People's Literature Publishing House

Publication year: 20 14-9- 1

Category: literature

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Laosheng is the latest work of Jia Pingwa, winner of Mao Dun Literature Prize. His works record the century-old history of China in a trite way. The story happened in a mountain village in the south of Shaanxi, and it was written at the beginning of the 20th century, which is the epitome of the growth of modern China. Laosheng is a story of China, who grew up in China. It records the history of China for one hundred years in the way of China.

Spaniards in three worlds

"Standing at the brilliant peak of Spanish prose in that era."

Author: Juan Ramon Jimenez

Translator: Zhao Deming

Publishing House: Lijiang Publishing House

Release date: 20 14-09

Category: literature

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Spaniards in three worlds (Espa? Olers's World is an anthology of Nobel Prize in Literature winner Ximenes. Ximenes called it a "lyric cartoon", in which more than 100 poets, politicians and scholars were sketched, including the great essayist Azolin, the great painter Picasso, the great Latin American poet Ruben Dario and Nie Luda. This book was first translated and published in China. Jose Manuel Cavailher Rowe, winner of Cervantes Literature Prize in 20 12, called this book "the brilliant peak of Spanish prose in that era". Zhao Deming, the translator of this book, called The Spaniard of Three Worlds a magnificent treasure house.

I come from Xinjiang.

100 ordinary Xinjiang people present a real Xinjiang with images and advertisements.

Author: Kurbanjiang

Publishing House: CITIC Publishing House

Publication date: 20 14- 10

Classification: society

Reason for listing:

Look, this is the most important meaning of this book.

This book is about the experience of Xinjiang people and the story of everyone in China. It records the photographer himself, Kurbanjiang? Saimaiti and 100 Xinjiang people working and living in the Mainland. They come from different nationalities-Uygur, Han, Kazak, Hui, Mongolian, Tatar, Uzbek, Xibe, Tajik, Kirgiz, Daur, Dongxiang and Tibetan. There are different ages and genders; Have different religious beliefs; Living in all fields and corners of China society; Working in all walks of life, there are actors, presenters, business owners, celebrities, corporate executives, pilots, entrepreneurial youths, school students, street vendors ... Each of them has his own happiness and sadness, dreams and confusion, relatives and friends, and their experiences not only vividly reflect the life and thoughts of this group in Xinjiang, but also truly reflect the economic development and changes in Xinjiang and even China in recent decades.

Radish and hard avocado

The intriguing details of life make people find themselves who have been forgotten for a long time.

Author: Haruki Murakami

Translator: Shi

Publishing House: Nanhai Publishing Company

Publication date: 20 14- 10

Category: literature

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"Radish and Hard Avocado" contains 52 humorous essays by Haruki Murakami, accompanied by 52 exquisite illustrations by painter Hashimoto. Murakami wrote down the mood of vegetables in humorous language, the mysterious story about big radish, the super power of choosing delicious avocados, and the feeling of kissing seals ... covering all kinds of interesting topics, it is known as "the best oolong tea in Japan".

"Radish and Hard Avocado" contains the most interesting and authentic Haruki Murakami. With just the right brushstrokes, it depicts intriguing details of life, making people find interesting things that are neglected in daily life and find themselves forgotten for a long time.

side effect

In the relaxed tone and humorous plot, there are profound implications.

Author: Woody Allen

Translator: Li Bohong

Publishing House: Shanghai Translation Publishing House

Publication year: 20 14- 10- 1

Category: literature

Reason for listing:

"Side Effects" includes Woody Allen's short stories from 1975 to 1980, of which 16 was first published in New Harmony, The New York Times, The New Yorker and kenyon Review.

Woody Allen, with the theme of "side effects", writes social phenomena and interesting things in daily life in her novels from a unique perspective through fables and warnings. The author tells absurd stories with irony and banter, and there are many absurd and inconsistent plots. It is in this way that the author reflects his views and attitudes towards the world, humanity and politics, and his wisdom and sense of humor are everywhere in his writing.

National election

Sweet things are sweet at first, and eventually they will become extremely sour.

Author: Naipaul

Translator: Ma Qunying

Publishing House: Nanhai Publishing Company

Publication year: 20 14- 1 1

Category: literature

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The best novel by Nobel Prize in Literature winner V.S. Naipaul.

Sü ddeutsche Zeitung "20 Most Interesting Novels in the History of World Literature"

Democracy is a strange thing. It will make the rich poor and the poor rich. This makes me a beggar-yes, I asked you for a ticket.

Politics is a dirty game. But this book tells you that politics can also be interesting. This is the most readable of Naipaul's works, full of drama and original humor. - Goodreads

My opinion

The epitome of the 20th century.

Author: Mark Rib

Translator: Meng Kun

Press: World Book Publishing Company Houlang Publishing Company

Publication year: 20 14- 12

Category: photography

Reason for listing:

My opinion: marc riboud Documentary Classics comprehensively combed the classic works of marc riboud, a famous French photographer and one of the founders of magnum photos, and selected 165 of them. These photos span more than half the world and run through Mark's photography career for more than 50 years, which fully represent Mark's photography aesthetics-daily life, subtle knowledge, intuition and poetry. Many classic moments have become the epitome of the 20th century: the painter of the Eiffel Tower in Paris is like a dancer; A girl with a flower and a bayonet; There are also Liulichang Street in Beijing separated by windows and so on.